Adult model
Baby model
| Rarity tier | Common |
|---|---|
| Armor | 2 () |
| Armor toughness | 0 () |
| Durability | JE: 195 BE: 196 |
| Enchantability | 9 |
| Knockback resistance | 0 |
| Renewable | Yes |
| Stackable | No |
Iron boots are a variant of boots that are crafted from iron ingots. They are the third-highest tier of boots, having higher armor points than leather, golden, copper, and chainmail boots.
Obtaining
Crafting
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Iron Ingot |
Generated loot
| Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition | ||||
| Secret chest | 1 | 12.5%{ "item": "Iron Boots", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.125, "structure": "Abandoned Camp", "container": "Secret chest" }
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| Altar chest | 1 | 11.9%{ "item": "Iron Boots", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.1189215578748346, "structure": "Stronghold", "container": "Altar chest" }
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| Weaponsmith's chest | 1 | 22.9%{ "item": "Iron Boots", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.22884863260948196, "structure": "Village", "container": "Weaponsmith's chest" }
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| Chest | 1 | 12.7%{ "item": "Enchanted Iron Boots", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.12714065479531, "structure": "End City", "container": "Chest" }
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| Bedrock Edition | ||||
| Secret chest | 1 | 12.5%{ "item": "Iron Boots", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.125, "structure": "Abandoned Camp", "container": "Secret chest" }
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| Altar chest | 1 | 11.5%{ "item": "Iron Boots", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.11541180293889097, "structure": "Stronghold", "container": "Altar chest" }
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| Weaponsmith's chest | 1 | 22.9%{ "item": "Iron Boots", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.22884863260948196, "structure": "Village", "container": "Weaponsmith's chest" }
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| Chest | 1 | 12.7%{ "item": "Enchanted Iron Boots", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.12714065479531, "structure": "End City", "container": "Chest" }
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- ↑ a b Enchantment probabilities are the same as a level-20 to level-39 enchantment would be on an enchanting table that had no cap at level 30, and that was able to apply treasure enchantments (except Soul Speed, Swift Sneak, and Wind Burst), and where the chance of multiple enchantments is not reduced.
Mob loot
Zombies, husks, zombie villagers[Java Edition only], skeletons, strays, bogged, and parched have a small chance to spawn wearing armor, which may include iron boots. There is a 8.5% chance (9.5% with Looting I, 10.5% with Looting II and 11.5% with Looting III) for the mob to drop the boots they're wearing upon death unless they are spawned from an ominous trial spawner. The dropped boots are usually badly damaged, and may be enchanted with enchantment levels 5-19.

In Bedrock Edition, vindicators and pillagers spawning in raids have a 4.16% chance (5.128% on hard difficulty) to drop iron boots. The dropped boots are usually badly damaged, and have a 50% chance of being enchanted with a random enchantment.
Trading
| Villager | Probability | Villager wants | Player receives | Trades in stock | Villager experience | Price multiplier | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JE | BE | |||||||
| 40% | 25% | 4 × | 12 | 1 | 0.2 | |||
Bartering
Piglins may barter iron boots enchanted with Soul Speed at a ~1.71% (8⁄469) chance when given a gold ingot.
Usage
When worn, iron boots provide 2 () armor points.
Smelting
| Name | Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Iron Nugget | Iron Boots + Any fuel |
Repairing
Combining
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Damaged Iron Boots | The durability of the two boots is added together, plus an extra 5% durability. |
| Ingredients | Grinding recipe | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2x Damaged Iron Boots | The durability of the two boots is added together, plus an extra 5% durability. |
Unit repair
| Ingredients | Anvil recipe |
|---|---|
| Damaged Iron Boots + Iron Ingot |
Boots can be repaired in an anvil by adding units of the tiers' repair material, with each repair material restoring 25% the boots' maximum durability, rounded down. Two boots of the same tier can also be combined in an anvil. Both methods preserve the boots' enchantments.
Enchantments
Boots can receive the following enchantments:
| Name | Description | Max level | Method | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Protection[note 1] | Increases overall damage reduction. | IV | 10 | |
| Projectile Protection[note 1] | Increases damage reduction against projectiles. | IV | 5 | |
| Blast Protection[note 1] | Increases damage reduction against explosions. | IV | 2 | |
| Fire Protection[note 1] | Increases damage reduction against fire. | IV | 5 | |
| Feather Falling | Reduces fall damage. | IV | 5 | |
| Thorns | Deals returning damage to attackers. | III | 1 | |
| Depth Strider[note 2] | Increases underwater movement speed. | III | 2 | |
| Frost Walker[note 2] | Leaves a trail of ice when walking over water. | II | 1 | |
| Soul Speed | Increases movement speed on soul sand. | III | 1 | |
| Unbreaking | Grants a chance to negate durability consumption. | III | 5 | |
| Mending | Repairs the boots when obtaining experience. | I | 2 | |
| Curse of Vanishing | The boots vanish on death, not dropping as an item. | I | 1 | |
| Curse of Binding | Removes the ability to de-equip the boots. | I | 1 |
Armor trimming
| Ingredients | Smithing recipe |
|---|---|
| Any Armor Trim + Iron Boots + Any Ingot/Crystal |
Sounds
| Sounds | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Closed captions | Source | Description | Identifier | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
| Iron armor clanks | Players | When iron boots are equipped | item | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Item breaks | Entity-Dependent | When a pair of boots' durability is exhausted | entity | subtitles | 0.8 | 0.8–1.2 | 16 | |
| Sounds | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Closed captions | Source | Description | Identifier | Translation key | Volume | Pitch |
| Iron armor clanks | Players | When iron boots are equipped | armor | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Item breaks | Players | When a pair of boots' durability is exhausted | random | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.9 | |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Form | Item tags | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
iron_boots | Item | foot_armor |
item |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
iron_boots | 346 | Item | item |
History
Before Minecraft
| Legend of the Chambered 2008 v2 | |||||||
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Java Edition
| Java Edition Indev | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.31 | 20091231-2147 | ||||||
| 20100212-1210 | Iron boots can now be crafted. | ||||||
| Iron boots model now appears in the inventory. | |||||||
| 20100218 | |||||||
| Iron boots can now be worn. | |||||||
| Iron boots now give 3 () and have durability. | |||||||
| Java Edition | |||||||
| 1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3 | Iron boots can now be found in the new stronghold altar chests. | |||||
| 1.1 | 12w01a | Iron boots can now be found in the new blacksmith chests in villages. | |||||
| 12w21a | Blacksmith villagers now sell iron boots for 4–5 emeralds. | ||||||
| 1.8 | 14w02a | Armorer villagers no longer sell iron boots. | |||||
| 14w05a | Iron boots no longer turn red when mobs and players are hurt. | ||||||
| 1.9 | 15w31a | Enchanted iron boots can now be found in end city chests. | |||||
| 15w36d | Iron boots now have an attribute controlling the defense points. | ||||||
| 1.11.1 | 16w50a | Iron boots can now be smelted down into one iron nugget. | |||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a | ||||||
| 19w11a | Armorer villagers now sell iron boots for 4 emeralds. | ||||||
| 1.19.4 Experiment | 23w04a | Iron boots can now be trimmed using a smithing table. | |||||
| There are 10 types of material that determine the color of the trim: iron, copper, gold, lapis, emerald, diamond, netherite, redstone, amethyst, and quartz | |||||||
| 26.1 | snap7 | ||||||
| snap10 | "Small" armor stands now display a scaled-down adult armor model as was done before snapshot 7.[1] | ||||||
| 26.3 | snap1 | Iron boots can now generate as part of abandoned camps in chests. | |||||
Bedrock Edition
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v0.6.0 | |||||||
| v0.9.0 | build 1 | Iron boots now naturally generates in village chests and a stronghold altar chest. | |||||
| Pocket Edition | |||||||
| 1.0.0 | alpha 0.17.0.1 | Enchanted iron boots can now be found inside chests within end city. | |||||
| 1.1.0 | alpha 1.1.0.0 | Iron boots can now be smelted down into one iron nugget. | |||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | Iron boots now can be found in plains village weaponsmith chests. | |||||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.1 | Iron boots now can be found in savanna, taiga, desert, snowy taiga and snowy tundra village weaponsmith chests. | |||||
| beta 1.11.0.4 | Pillagers and vindicators that spawn in raids can now drop iron boots. | ||||||
| Iron are now sold by armorer villagers. | |||||||
| 1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.57 | Iron boots with Soul Speed enchantment can be obtained from bartering with piglin. | |||||
| 26.10 | Preview 26.10.23 | ||||||
| 26.40 Experiment | Preview 26.40.27 | Iron boots can now generate as part of abandoned camps in chests. | |||||
| 26.50 | Preview 26.50.22 | All features from the "Drop 3 of 2026" experiment have been fully implemented. | |||||
Legacy Console Edition
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xbox 360 | Xbox One | PS3 | PS4 | PS Vita | Wii U | Switch | |
| TU1 | CU1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | |
| TU14 | 1.04 | Blacksmith villagers now sell iron boots for 4–5 emeralds. | |||||
| TU24 | CU12 | 1.16 | 1.16 | 1.16 | Iron boots no longer turn red when mobs and players are hurt. | ||
| TU25 | CU14 | 1.17 | 1.17 | 1.17 | Iron boots now have the quick equip functionality. | ||
| TU31 | CU19 | 1.22 | 1.22 | 1.22 | Patch 3 | Armorer villagers no longer sell iron boots. | |
| TU46 | CU36 | 1.38 | 1.38 | 1.38 | Patch 15 | Enchanted iron boots can now be found in end city chests. | |
| Iron boots now have an attribute controlling the defense points. | |||||||
| TU53 | CU43 | 1.49 | 1.50 | 1.49 | Patch 23 | 1.0.3 | Iron boots can now be smelted down into an iron nugget |
| 1.90 | |||||||
| 1.91 | Pillagers and vindicators that spawn in raids can now drop iron boots. | ||||||
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.1.0 | |||||||
Data history
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 309. | |||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Iron Boots" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
Gallery
Renders
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Enchanted appearance when worn -
Enchanted appearance in inventory





